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Washington, DC trio Polyon unleash their brand of 90’s inspired shoegaze meets pummeling indie rock on their newest EP Blue.
Check out the fuzzy, heavy-as-hell title track below for a taste.
Blue is available now on cassette from Funny / Not Funny Records and digitally from Polyon’s Bandcamp page.
Polyon – Blue from Blue EP (2015)
Waveless is a three-piece post-punk band out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their layered, shoegazey, reverbed, noise-rock is hard to beat. Their newest 12″, Spirit Island, is out now through Deranged Records. Check out album opener, ‘My Apathy’ (below) for a taste.
Spirit Island is available to buy digitally or physically from Deranged Records, and is also available through Midheaven.
Waveless – My Apathy from Spirit Island (2016)
Greensboro, NC duo Wahyas play a sinister style of raunchy, garage-psych that’s hard to top. Their own description, “Evil garage gospel like Johnny & June with less church”, pretty much sums it up.
They just co-released their 7″ single, Third Eye, with Shipwrecked Records and Six Tonnes De Chair Records. You can get this on vinyl or digitally through Six Tonnes De Chair’s Bandcamp page. You can download this directly from Wahyas’ Bandcamp page as well. Stream this bad boy (below) and get your self a copy on wax before they are gone.
Belfast trio Sea Pinks play an infectious style of hook driven, fuzzy pop that I can’t get enough of. Their new LP, Soft Days, has had me bouncing around the house for weeks, it’s one of my favorite listens right now. Check out the fuzzed-out, jangly guitars of title track “Soft Days” (below) for a sample.
Soft Days is out now through CF Records and available to buy on their Bandcamp page.
Sea Pinks – Soft Days from Soft Days (2016)
Shimmery guitars over pounding drums and dark throbbing bass lines, somewhat reminiscent of The Cure’s early releases, is what Birmingham, AL trio, WRAY, bring to the table on their sophomore release Hypatia. Give the title track a spin below, it’s killer post-punk meets shoegaze goodness.
Hypatia is available now from Communicating Vessels. You should get your hands on it now.
WRAY – Hypatia from Hypatia (2016)
Garage soul stompers The Missing Souls are a 4-piece band out of Lyon, France. Their debut U.S. single features their snarly, lo-if take on two lost gems from the 60’s — Oscar & The Majestics’ “Got To Have Your Lovin'” and Lindy Blaskey & The Lavells’ “You Ain’t Tuff”. Both tracks rule!
Get this bad boy now from Hidden Volume Records. Enjoy.
Night Fiction is Irish guitarist Cian Nugent’s third album, but his first in the role of singer-songwriter. Those familiar with his previous, mostly instrumental work will not be disappointed as Cian’s guitar skills are prevalent throughout the album. Check out his noodly guitar work on opening track “Lost Your Way” (below) for a sample, it’s definitely one of the standouts from the album.
Night Fiction is out today (01.29.16) on Woodsist Records. It’s a great listen, you should check it out.
Cian Nugent – Lost Your Way from Night Fiction (2016)
I missed on the Madcaps debut self-titled last year, I will not make that same mistake twice. These rockers out of Rennes, France play a sugary sweet brand of fuzzy garage pop tunes that could come off of any of the old Nuggets compilations of psych/garage songs from the 60’s. Their ode to the Taco Truck could be our founder, Sean’s theme song.
Below are two songs for your listening pleasure, “Too Big for Your Boots” from their new album, Hot Sauce, and “Emily Vandelay” from last year’s debut. Both are great examples of what these guys can do.
Hot Sauce is out now on Howlin’ Banana Records. Enjoy.
The Madcaps – Too Big For Your Boots from Hot Sauce (2016)
The Madcaps – Emily Vandelay from S/T (2015)
Jangly, reverbed, lo-fi, psychedelic, fuzz are just some of the adjectives I would use to describe Boston’s Magic Shoppe. Their newest EP, Interstellar Car Crash, is a wall to wall psychedelic gem, sure to alter your state of mind with it’s reverbed guitars and hypnotic vocals. Check out “City Alight (Yeah)” below for a taste.
Interstellar Car Crash is out on February 5 through Optical Sounds, I highly recommend it.
Magic Shoppe – City Alight (Yeah) from Interstellar Car Crash (2016)
Miami quartet Krisp blend elements of electro-pop, chillwave and some good old rock and roll to create a throwback of sorts to the new wave sounds of the 80’s.
Check out their super-tight, dance-pop single “167” below (named for it’s BPM), it’s the most upbeat track from their new album, Sonic Monarch, and one of the best from it.
Sonic Monarch is out on January 15 via Gummdrop Records.
Krisp – 167 from Sonic Monarch (2016)